1534 MILITIA. [ART. 65

1896, ch. 89, sec. 34. 1900, ch. 657.

36. Whenever the board of police commissioners of the
city of Baltimore or the sheriff of any county shall require a
portion of the Maryland National Guard to aid in preventing
threatened disorder or opposition to the laws, or in suppres-
sing riots or disorders on election days or at any other times,
the said board or the said sheriff shall apply in writing or by
telegraph to the commander-in-chief, setting forth particularly
the necessity for such aid, and if the emergency requires, the
said board or the said sheriff may, without waiting for a reply
from the commander-in-chief, forthwith apply in writing or by
telegraph to the commanding officer of the military or naval
organization most accessible, and ail commanding officers in
such cases, whether ordered out by the commander-in-chief or
applied to as aforesaid by the said board or the said sheriff,
shall forthwith assemble their command and take such action
as the exigencies of the case may require to prevent the
threatened disorder or opposition to the laws, or to suppress
the riot or disorder.

4. MAINTENANCE AND EQUIPMENT.

1896, ch. 89, sec. 35.

87. The general appropriation for the militia shall be
exclusively applied to the necessary, and contingent expenses
of. the adjutant general's office and to the maintenance of the
national guard enlisted and organized as provided in this
article.

1896, ch. 89, sec. 36 1900, ch. 657.

38. Whatever sum of money is now or may hereafter be
appropriated by the general assembly of Maryland for the
militia known as the "Maryland National Guard" shall be
distributed and applied on warrant of the adjutant general
under and by direction of the governor and commander-in-
chief to the respective organizations constituting said Mary-
land National Guard, so as to promote the military efficiency
of all of said respective organizations, without distinction, as
the same may be needed by them, respectively, except that the
amount appropriated for the naval brigade, and that amount
only, shall be distributed and applied as aforesaid to and for
the use of said naval brigade, so to promote the efficiency and
discipline thereof; and it shall be the duty of the commander-
ing officer of each regiment and separate organization to
receive or to designate and appoint some other officer as treas-